Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions (Book 2)
Book 2 in Peasprout Chen
- Subject
- Sports & Recreation - Martial Arts
- Age
- 9-12 years
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Size
- 12.7 cm × 18.5 cm
- ISBN
- 9781250233646
Now in her Second Year at Pearl Famous Academy of Skate and Sword, Peasprout Chen strives to reclaim her place as a champion of wu liu, the sport of martial arts figure skating. But, with the new year comes new competition, and Peasprout’s dreams are thwarted by an impressive transfer student.
Yinmei is the heir to the Shinian throne and has fled her country for Pearl. When she excels both academically and socially, Peasprout begins to suspect that Yinmei is not a refugee at all but a spy. When the Empress of Shin threatens to invade the city of Pearl, Peasprout makes a bold decision. To keep her enemy close, Peasprout joins Yinmei's “battleband," a team that executes elaborate skating configurations that are part musical spectacle, part defensive attack.
In Henry Lien's Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions, Peasprout guides her battleband on a mission to save Pearl, and learns what it truly means to be a leader.
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What reviewers said
"An exciting adventure that highlights themes of teamwork and leadership."
"Features the sprightly physics-defying skate flips and jumps found in the previous volume, along with creative new applications of science and music that add even more rocket-fueled energy... [Fans] will enjoy watching the protagonist’s leadership style develop as she wrestles with trust, kindness, and her responsibilities to her battleband and to Pearl itself."
“It’s Hermione Granger meets ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ meets the Ice Capades meets ‘Mean Girls.’” For all its disparate ingredients, though, PEASPROUT CHEN: FUTURE LEGEND OF SKATE AND SWORD speaks in a single, strong voice, thanks to its spirited heroine."
"Takes on weighty and relevant questions of gender, ability, leadership, immigration... with intelligence, deftness and precision."
"Massively entertaining...Peasprout Chen is a future legend, indeed."
"For a rewarding and well-constructed plot in an uncommon setting—plus some effective genderqueer subversion at the end—this story can’t be beat."
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